[PATCH] rust: serdev: Fix race condition on driver probe fail

From: Markus Probst

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 19:54:44 EST


If `Driver::probe` fails, the pointer to the driver data (`PrivateData`)
will first be set to NULL by `drvdata_obtain` and only after that the
serdev device will be closed by Drop. Thus there is a small window in
which the serdev device is still open, but the pointer to the driver data
is NULL. Therefore it is possible that `receive_buf_callback` might try to
access the `active` mutex on a null pointer.

Add a separate `ScopeGuard` that will close the device before the driver
data will be set to NULL on probe failure.

Fixes: 99f59aa82341 ("rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions")
Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260903222159.70A911F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Unfortunately, this also makes the code in probe even more convoluted
than it already is. I will submit a patch (for the next merge cycle)
soon, which will address this concern.
---
rust/kernel/serdev.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
index 17ca504b7f8d..4f57f4c45329 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:
// SAFETY: We have exclusive access to `private_data.open`.
unsafe { *private_data.open.get() = true };

+ let open_guard = ScopeGuard::new(|| {
+ // SAFETY:
+ // - `private_data.sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a pointer to a valid
+ // `struct serdev_device`.
+ // - We just opened the device, thus it is guaranteed to be open.
+ unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_close(private_data.sdev.as_raw()) };
+ // SAFETY: We have exclusive access to `private_data.open`.
+ unsafe { *private_data.open.get() = false };
+ });
+
let data = T::probe(sdev, info);

// SAFETY: We have exclusive access to `private_data.driver`.
@@ -203,10 +213,12 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:

drop(active);

- result.map(|()| {
- private_data.dismiss();
- 0
- })
+ result?;
+
+ open_guard.dismiss();
+ private_data.dismiss();
+
+ Ok(0)
})
}


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base-commit: e5e04726cdd043e309677071ab1b65a4b18f422b
change-id: 20260904-rust_serdev_fix-be3ff9c8a5e8